This and many other measures were among the suggestions made by CRRI under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in 2015 after carrying out a site inspection of the highway that links Agra and Delhi
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Adityanath, UP ministers take holy dip at Kumbh
Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and many of his ministerial colleagues took the holy dip at Sangam — the trinity of Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati — at the ongoing Kumbh on Tuesday. Soon after finishing the cabinet meeting, the ministers led by the saffron-robed Chief Minister[Read More…]
Thousands take holy dip at Kumbh on ‘Paush Poornima’
Prayagraj, Hundreds and thousands of pilgrims took holy dip at the Sangam — the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers here in Uttar Pradesh — on the occasion of ‘Paush Poornima’ on Monday, officials said. After the ‘Makar Sankranti’, which kicked off the mega Kumbh Melaon January[Read More…]
Hundreds clean river to save Agra’s heritage monuments
Agra: Hundreds of river activists and volunteers of NGOs on Sunday joined a massive cleanliness drive opposite the Etmauddaula tomb to lift garbage and idols immersed in the Yamuna. River Connect Campaign member Devashish Bhattacharya told IANS that regular cleaning of Yamuna was necessary to save heritage monuments along the[Read More…]
Visibly cleaner Yamuna now foaming up in one day of Ganesh Visarjan
While the rain had made Yamuna look comparatively cleaner in past few days, but one again the river wore a foamy look this week after thousands of Ganesha idols were immersed on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The use of PoP idols was banned by NGT in 2015 as they[Read More…]
Yamuna crosses danger mark, evacuation begins in Delhi
New Delhi: Water released from Haryana‘s Hathnikund added to the continued rains have led the Yamuna river to breach its danger-level mark here on Saturday. Preparations are now on to evacuate people residing in low-lying areas. The Yamuna river’s water level in Delhi crossed the warning mark of 204.83 metres[Read More…]
SC stays Uttarakhand HC order to give ‘human status’ to Rivers Ganga, Yamuna
On Friday, the Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order to declare river Ganga and Yamuna as a juristic person and as a living entity. Earlier, the Uttarakhand government had moved the Supreme Court, challenging the High Court order to grant rivers Ganga, Yamuna and their tributaries, the status[Read More…]
SYL canal construction can bring back militancy: Capt Amarinder
Punjab Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh, warned on Monday that the construction of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) would become a national problem if the final judgement goes against Punjab. He said that the construction of SYL canal to provide water to neighbouring Haryana could lead to the revival of militancy in[Read More…]
